You have the following data on (1) the average annual returns of the market for the past 5 years and (2) similar information on Stocks A and B. Which of the possible answers best describes the historical betas for A and B?
Years Market Stock A Stock B
1 0.03 0.16 0.05
2 -0.05 0.20 0.05
3 0.01 0.18 0.05
4 -0.10 0.25 0.05
5 0.06 0.14 0.05
a. bA > 0; bB = 1.
b. bA > +1; bB = 0.
c. bA = 0; bB = -1.
d. bA < 0; bB = 0.
e. bA < -1; bB = 1.